Afternoon break

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On a javascript course. going well. spent most of my lunch break in the dentist's office. grrrr.... i have a molar that's starting to give me a bit of grief again. Last time this happened, he redid the root canal. That was about a year and a half ago or thereabouts. Seems to be acting up again and i wanted to have it checked in case i need a referral to an endodontist. It's not a toothache though, but it hurts to bite on, not constantly but enough that i know there's a problem. Xray and consult later, and sure enough, they think i probably should get it checked by the specialist. I have had this happen once before many moons ago. They had to do some dental surgery through the gum to sort out the problem at the root of the tooth and it's never bothered me since. I suspect the same thing will happen this time. The dentist did give me some antibiotics to hold me over Christmas in case it got worse as it is caused by a little infection around the root of the tooth. She said she normally wouldn't prescribe it though, but is only doing so because it's over the holidays. I'm of two minds whether to get it filled but i suppose i will. As i said, it's not a toothache. I don't even have the problem 100% of the time, but there *is* a problem and it has to be sorted. Too close to Christmas to likely get a referral and they would only be checking it first anyway. I think i might have to wait until the new year so that my Blue Cross will kick in again to cover the procedure. I don't know if it's classed in the same way that a filling or root canal is, see. A root canal or a regular filling is covered but the crown is only at 80% up to a maximum of $1000. I had to pay over that a few hundred this year because he did two teeth and two crowns at once, gutting the old fillings and redoing them. This procedure won't mean a new crown though so the work itself might just be covered but i'll wait until January anyway, just in case.

Confused?

Anyway, no biggie, it's not a tooth crisis, not like an abscess or constant toothache is. It's more tender in the morning mainly.

It's always something /roseanne roseannadanna